7, Torriano Avenue, | Camden Road Villas,1 | October 14th, 1848
My dear sir,
There needed no apology for your kind letter,2 nor the expression of a fear, that, even if your effusion had been thrice the length, I should have lacked patience to peruse it. To those who write from their convictions, and because they cannot choose but write, sympathy and appreciation are doubly pleasant; and I can assure you very sincerely, that I have derived great gratification from the knowledge that my writings3 have met so cordial a reception from a mind like yours.
I trust your residence in Germany4 will be productive of even more than the benefit you anticipate; and shall be most happy, whenever you feel in the mood to write to me, to know how you are getting on; I shall by no means think your letters an ‘infliction’.
With best wishes, I remain, | Yours very truly, | Cha. Mackay. 5
John Tyndall Esqre | [11 Rockingham St | Leeds]6
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Camden Road Villas: an address in London, England.
your kind letter: letter missing.
my writings: Mackay was best known as the author of Songs and Poems (London: Cochrane and McCrone, 1834) and Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (London: Richard Bentley, 1841).
Residence in Germany: Tyndall was about to leave Britain to pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Marburg.
Cha. Mackay: Charles Mackay (1812/4-89), Scottish poet, journalist, and novelist; see also n. 3.
John Tyndall Esqre … Leeds: address given by Louisa Tyndall.
Please cite as “Tyndall0362,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 6 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0362